This volume contains eleven original studies, ten in English and one in Hebrew, by some of the most established scholars of Judaica and young newcomers as well. Like the studies in the previous two volumes in the series, those in this new volume shed important light on the Jewish cultural experience across a vast geographic expanse, and over many centuries. The studies illuminate the relationship of Jewish social structure and intellectual creativity; the political theories that informed Jewish communal life; different aspects of Jewish philosophical and mystical discourse; Jewish biblical interpretation; and the dynamic of Jewish legal thinking. One study offers a critical edition and annotated translation of one of the classics of Jewish biblical interpretation. The collection will be indispensable to all students of Jewish history and culture.

Isadore Twersky was Nathan Littauer Professor of Jewish History and Philosophy at Harvard University.

Jay M. Harris is Harvard College Professor and Harry Austryn Wolfson Professor of Jewish Studies, Harvard University.

Other HUP Books by Isadore Twersky

• Danzig: Between East and West
• Jewish Thought in the Seventeenth Century
• Rabbi Abraham Ibn Ezra: Studies in the Writings of a Twelfth-Century Jewish Polymath
• Studies in Maimonides
• Studies in Medieval Jewish History and Literature, Volume II,
• Studies in Medieval Jewish History and Literature, Volume I,
• Rabad of Posquiers: A Twelfth-Century Talmudist
• Studies in the History of Philosophy and Religion, Volume 2,
• Studies in the History of Philosophy and Religion, Volume 1,

Other HUP Books by Jay M. Harris

• Rabbi Abraham Ibn Ezra: Studies in the Writings of a Twelfth-Century Jewish Polymath
• The Pride of Jacob: Essays on Jacob Katz and His Work
• Be'erot Yitzhak: Studies in Memory of Isadore Twersky
• Maimonides after 800 Years: Essays on Maimonides and his Influence